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The National Assembly has transmitted the 2022 Appropriation Bill to the President, MUHAMMADU BUHARI , for assent.  The House of Representatives and the Senate passed the Federal Government’s budget, raising the total estimates from the proposed 16.391 trillion naira to 17.126 trillion naira.  The oil benchmark was raised from the proposed 57 dollar per barrel to 6...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has said more cooperation among elites in the country, with a commitment to inform people on realities and mobilize for development, will help in resolving the challenges facing the nation. In a courtesy call at the Palace of the Shehu of Borno during a visit to commission MUHAMMADU INDIMI Distance Learning Centre and International Conference Hall at the University of Maiduguri and some state projects, the...

A pipeline has exploded in the Egbeda area of Lagos State on Friday morning. The incident happened at Isale Odo, LASU/Isheri Road. As of the time of this report, no casualties have been confirmed but men of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), security officials, firefighters, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are at the scene of the incident....

The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from December 24, 2021 to January 4, 2022.  Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, FIDET OKHIRIA, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.  He said, the decision which was made in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation, is to ease movement of citizens during the yuletide an...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance to release withheld salaries of resident doctors for the month of September and October 2021. The Minister of Labour, CHRIS NGIGE, disclosed this to State House correspondents after a meeting with President BUHARI. He explained that the wages, which were seized on the basis of the no-work, no pay-rule followin...

National Board for Technical Education has called for replacement of Industrial Training Fund with National Skills Fund as a means of funding skills development in the country. Executive Secretary of NBTE, Prof. IDRIS BUGAJE, who made the call at a news conference in Kaduna, said this was part of the resolutions reached at the seventh Industry Stakeholders’ Consultation on Skills Development held recently....

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Owerri Zone, has threatened a total showdown with the Federal Government over the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement.  The union said during a press conference at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, that it would embark on an indefinite strike as “the magnanimity of ASUU that resulted in various MOUs and MOAs arising from the 2009 agreement has been spurned by the Federal G...

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, SONNY ECHONO, has said most of the agreements reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities were under duress.  ECHONO stated this during a retreat organized by the governing council of the University of Abuja.  ASUU and the Federal Government have constantly been engaged in tussles over the latter&rsq...

The house of representatives is seeking the compulsory establishment of creches in all public and private workplaces in the country.According to the house, this is to assist breast feeding and nursing mothers especially those observing exclusive breastfeeding, to perform their official duties and care for their babies at the same time.To achieve this, a bill seeking to establish the creches sponsored by a lawmaker from Edo state, Honourable SERGIUS OSE-OGUN...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice TANKO MUHAMMAD has sworn in 72 legal practitioners to the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). The ceremony took place at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court to mark the commencement of the 2021/2022 legal year in Abuja.  The CJN while administering the oath of office admonished the legal practitioners to forge ahead with the ri...